The restaurant world buzzed Wednesday after a marquee-name steakhouse introduced it is going to shut after 19 years and an bold Italian place appeared to flame out after simply two months — each at high-profile places.
Porter Home Bar & Grill, lengthy considered one of many metropolis’s premier steakhouses, will go darkish after Labor Day. Associated Corporations former CEO Stephen M. Ross typically held court docket at a nook desk overlooking Central Park.
Positioned on the fourth flooring of the previous Time Warner Middle developed by Associated and now Deutsche Financial institution Middle, the steakhouse was additionally well-liked with masters of the universe akin to former Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein, typically seen on the desk subsequent to Ross’s, and former mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In a press release launched by Associated, Porter Home chef/accomplice Michael Lomonaco and the restaurant’s possession staff mentioned, “We have made the difficult decision to forever close our doors after Labor Day. We thank you for making us part of your New York story. Please join us to celebrate one final summer together.”
Insiders urged Porter Home fell sufferer to the exit of high-spending Time Warner executives from the constructing to Hudson Yards, and to competitors from a surge in new steakhouse openings — together with at Bourbon Steak close by.
The Infatuation and TimeOut each lately ranked Porter Home among the many metropolis’s high beef joints. However sources mentioned it wasn’t the identical after some kitchen and administration modifications final 12 months, though Lomonaco retained his chef’s title.
In the meantime, NeroLab Italian Meals Zone seems kaput on the Trump Group’s struggling 40 Wall Road simply weeks after it opened.
The mammoth, 350-seat, 21,000 square-foot eatery with a number of eating and noshing rooms was first introduced in 2020. However it didn’t open its doorways till April two months in the past for a “soft opening.”
NeroLab surprised Wall Road honchos when it went darkish final week, with an indication on the door saying, “Sorry, due to technical problems the place remains closed until further notice.”
Callers to the NeroLab telephone line heard a robotic voice that mentioned to go away a message and didn’t point out the restaurant.
Trump Group head of business leasing Myles Fennon mentioned by e mail, “no comment.”
